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What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet? What if another "rose' stunk? SAY WHAT?

Take the word NIT for example

NIT
A unit of luminous intensity equal to one candela per square meter. (I looked up candela and the definition is too complicated to replicate here. If you are interested look it up in the dictionary okey dokey?)

NIT
The egg of a parasitic insect often attached to fiber in clothing or hair

The young of such an insect



NIT is derived from the Latin word NITOR meaning brightness


What am I getting at?

nitwit  WHICH NIT?

Posted - August 11, 2020
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  • 44690
    I'd never heard of that unit. Thanks. Here are some more.

    Comparison to other units of luminance

    One candela per square metre is equal to:

    10−4 stilbs (the CGS unit of luminance)
    π×10−4 lamberts
    π apostilbs
    0.292 foot-lamberts
    π×103 skots
    π×107 brils
    1 nit
      August 11, 2020 5:42 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    It's all Greek to me m'dear but thank you for the info. "stilbs CGS lamberts apostilbs skots brils? Seriously? I don''t know what's wrong with me but they are making me GIGGLE. I guess it's better than crying right? Carry on. So what "language" is that anyway? Higher math? :)
      August 12, 2020 3:19 AM MDT
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  • 44690
    I had never heard of them either until I looked up nit. They are kind of funny. I'll trade you 6 foot-Lamberts for 2 of your brils.
      August 12, 2020 10:09 AM MDT
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